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Grammar, vocabulary, writing, speaking and pronunciation from A1 to C1. Pick a topic or follow a path.
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A2 Level A2
- Present continuousHow to form the present continuous with be and -ing, and when to use it for actions happening now, temporary situations and fixed plans.
- Present simple or present continuousChoosing between the present simple and the present continuous, with habits and facts on one side and actions in progress and temporary situations on the other.
- Past continuousHow to form the past continuous with was and were, and how to use it for an action in progress at a moment in the past, often interrupted by a shorter one.
- Going toHow to use be going to for plans and intentions you decided on earlier, and for predictions based on what you can see now.
- Will for the futureHow to use will for predictions, promises, offers and decisions made while you speak, and how it differs from going to.
- ComparativesHow to form comparative adjectives with -er and more, how to use than, and how to say that two things are or are not the same.
- SuperlativesHow to form superlative adjectives with -est and most, why they take the, and how to say where or among whom something is the best.
- Must and have toHow to use must and have to for obligation, why must not and do not have to mean opposite things, and how have to changes with tense.
- ShouldHow to use should for advice, opinions and mild obligation, and how it differs in strength from must and have to.
- Present perfect: introductionHow to form the present perfect with have and the past participle, and how to use it for experience, recent news and situations that continue up to now.
- Present perfect or past simpleHow to choose between I have done and I did. The choice depends on the time, not on the action.
- Ever, never, just, already, yetFive small words that go with the present perfect. Where they stand in the sentence and what each one adds.
- Much, many, a lot ofHow to say a large amount of something. Much for uncountable nouns, many for plural nouns, a lot of for both.
- Too and enoughToo says there is more than is good. Enough says there is as much as you need. Where each word goes and what follows it.
- Adverbs of mannerHow to say the way something is done: quietly, carefully, well. How to build the adverb from the adjective and where to put it.
- Phrasal verbs: introductionVerbs made of two words, like wake up or turn off. How they work, where the object goes, and why the particle cannot be dropped.
- Verb + -ing or verb + toAfter some verbs the next verb takes -ing, after others it takes to. The first verb decides, and the list has to be learned.
- First conditionalIf it rains, we will stay at home. How to talk about a real possibility in the future and its result.
- Zero conditionalIf you heat ice, it melts. Present simple in both halves for facts, habits and rules that are always true.
- Relative clauses: who, which, thatHow to add information about a person or thing inside the same sentence: the woman who lives next door, the book which I lost.